February 2012 - University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago ...

Family Medicine Newsletter
University University of of Illinois Illinois At At Chicago Chicago
Chicago
Department Department of of Family Family medicine medicine
medicine
AAFP 2012 ALSO COURSE
The Department of Family Medicine sponsored the 2012 ALSO
Course on Friday, January 20th and Saturday, January 21st,
2012. Since 2003, the DFM at UIC has coordinated the Advanced
Life Support in Obstetrics course, designed to teach obstetrics providers
how to handle obstetric emergencies and keep them up-to-date
on evidence-based practice recommendations. The ALSO course
instructors are comprised of a consortium of Chicago-area family
medicine residency faculty: UIC, Illinois Masonic, Hinsdale, Resurrection,
and Cook County-Loyola-Provident are all represented.
ALSO is a structured, evidence-based, multidisciplinary training program
on the practical management of obstetric emergencies. The
two-day course is for maternity care providers including physicians,
midwives, nurses and other clinicians.
FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 2012
2012
Course Co-Directors: Alicia Milan-
Flanigan, MD and Jessica McIntyre, MD
Advisory Faculty: Juliet Bradley, MD
The 45th STFM Annual Spring Conference will be held April
25-29, 2012 in Seattle, WA. The Annual Spring Conference
offers presentations focusing on best practices, new teaching
technologies, emerging research, and public policy issues. The
educational offerings are great but the time between the session
are very powerful. This meeting is the most powerful networking forum for family medicine educators,
with attendance of more than 1,000. Registration is now open. For more information please go to:
http://www.stfm.org/conferences/annual/an/index.cfm?CFID=10722818&CFTOKEN=97275481
DFM presentations accepted:
♦ Devens M, Stringham R. Building a Personal Well-being “Toolbox” for Medical
Students Transitioning into Residency. Works In-Progress.
♦ Figueroa E, Adawy S, Putz K, Guio M. The Addition of a Medical Spanish Curriculum
into a Family Medicine Residency. Works In-Progress.
♦ Figueroa E, Guio M. Family Medicine Faculty Development in Third Trimester
Obstetrical Ultrasound. Scholarly Topic Roundtable Discussion.
♦ Goold B, Hasnain M. Empowering Future Physicians to Build and Sustain Patient-centered
Medical Homes. Works-in-Progress.
♦ Hasnain M. Longitudinal Continuity of Care Training in Patient-centered Medicine:
Opportunities and Challenges. Lecture-discussion.
♦ Hasnain M, Massengale L, Dykens JA, Figueroa E. Health Disparities Training
in Graduate Medical Education: A Review of the Evidence. Works-in Progress.
♦ Hasnain M, Schwartz A, Girotti J, Bixby A, Rivera L, and the UIC Experiences
of Care Project Group. Patient-reported Experiences of Care: Do Race and Acculturation
Status Matter? Completed Projects and Research.
♦ Hyderi AA, Bennett K, Brakman AJ, Henderson S, Herbitter C, Truesdell
J. Bringing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Medical Education
into the Mainstream: Competencies, Resources, and Collaboration. Seminar.
♦ Potter MC, Hasnain M, Hyderi AA. Primary Care Residency Expansion to Address
Unmet Medical Needs: Funding Support and Curriculum Design. Lecturediscussion.
♦ Tiemstra JD. Moving from Traditional to Advanced to Open Access in a Teaching
Family Practice. Works-in-progress.
Inside Inside Inside this this issue:
issue:
UIC Employee Recognition
Awards
2
IAFP 3
DFM Volunteer
Faculty
4
Announcements 5
DFM 2011 Holiday
Festivities
6

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20 Years
Chris Bobek, NP Nandini Khatkhate, MD Augustine Sohn, MD, MPH
15 Years 10 Years
Yonous Smith Maria Devens, PhD Mary Fuller, MA
5 Years
Rosa Angulo Memoona Hasnain, MD,
MHPE, PhD
Meg Oberholtzer, MBA
November November November 2011
2011
was was UIC
UIC
Employee
Employee
Recognition
Recognition
Month. Month. Please
Please
congratulate
congratulate
congratulate
Department Department of
of
Family Family Medicine, Medicine,
Medicine,
College College of
of
Medicine
Medicine
employees employees who
who
have have achieved
achieved
service
service
recognitions!
recognitions!

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On September 21, 2011 physician leaders gathered at Rush
Medical Center for an event releasing an updated Physicians’
Breastfeeding Statement that combined the work of
IAFP with the Illinois chapters of the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Illinois currently ranks 31st in breastfeeding rates. The Illinois Academy of
Family Physicians Task Force members volunteered to review and help shape
this important physician statement are:
Dr. Brenda Fann
Dr. Lola Okunade (right)
Dr. Ashley Nix Allen
Dr. Risha Raven
Dr. Marian Sasseti
Dr. Lise Weisberger
Dr. Rashmi Chugh , Public Health Committee Chair
http://www.iafp.com/whatsnew/ILPhysiciansStatementBreastfeeding.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/promotion/calltoaction.htm
AAFP Congress of Delegates September 12-16, 2011 in Orlando
Javette Orgain,
MD, MPH (left),
IAFP’s pastpresident,
was
elected by acclamation
of the
Congress as the
AAFP’s Vice
Speaker. Dr. Orgain
is the second
Illinois member to serve in this position.
Illinois Chapter Resolutions:
IAFP was represented by delegates Drs. Orgain, Temporal,
Brull and Miller. The Illinois chapter submitted
or co-sponsored three resolutions considered by Congress:
Resolution 201, 305, and 507.
Christopher Guerrero,
MD (left),
IAFP’s 2010 Family
Medicine Teacher
of the Year for volunteer
faculty, received
the AAFP
Humanitarian
Award. He was
honored for his
humanitarian efforts in his native Philippines. His volunteer
duties include teaching at a nursing school in the
Philippines. He also leads medical missions to his homeland
community of Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines.
He was also featured in the Elmwood Park Times, the
local edition of the Sun Times Media Group. The article
covered his dedication to mission work in the Philippines
and other nations. Dr. Guerrero received the
award at the AAFP Annual Scientific Assembly in Orlando.
Dr. Guerrero is a Clinical Assistant Professor in
the DFM at UIC.
Also in attendance as IAFP Board Chair was Patrick Tranmer,
MD, MPH, Department Head (left, 1st) and Abbas Hyderi,
MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
(left, 2nd).
To read the complete IAFP Newsletter please go to: http://www.iafp.com/newsletter/IAFP%20Newsletter%20Nov-Dec%202011/
fscommand/IAFP%20Nov-Dec%20Newsletter4-new%20board.pdf

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Thank You DFM Volunteer Faculty
We would like to thank all clinical faculty who have contributed their time and expertise in the many educational activities in the
Department of Family Medicine at UIC. It is our departmental mission to provide quality educational experiences for medical students,
residents and faculty, and your participation is vital in accomplishing this goal.
Please remember to update all your personal information by logging into the University of Illinois’ NESSIE employee access system.
NESSIE can be accessed at https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/index.cfm. To prevent technical difficulties in accessing your UIC
email account or the UIC Library, please log in to NESSIE, your UIC email, or the UIC Library at least once every year. By doing
this, you are confirming your intentions to keep your accounts active. The University’s Academic Computing and Communication
Center (ACCC) routinely deactivate accounts that remain inactive for greater than one year. If you have recently moved or changed
your preferred email address, please notify the DFM Administrative Office at holtzer@uic.edu, so that we may continue to provide
you with information regarding your appointment and the DFM Newsletter.
If interested in medical student education activities, please contact Richard Stringham, MD (rstring@uic.edu); residency training,
Mark Potter (mcpotter@uic); Grand Rounds lecture series, Rosa Angulo (rosalbaa@uic.edu). Should you have any comments or
questions regarding your faculty standing or updating information, please contact Meg Oberholtzer (holtzer@uic.edu). For information
about non-salaried appointments in the Department of Family Medicine and departmental activities, please visit our website at
http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments___programs/departments/fammed/
Thank you very much for your continued interest in the Department of Family Medicine at UIC.
Clinical Associate Professor
Elizabeth Feldman, MD
Michael Friedman, MD
Lawrence Goldberg, MD
Richard Guthmann, MD
Kathryn Stewart, MD, MPH
James Valek, MD
Margaret Wiedmann, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Alan F. Bain, DO
Stanislaw Banas, MD
Peggy Bandy, MD
Antonio Barajas, MD
Jacqueline Bardwell, MD
Syed Baseer, MD
Murray Bass, MD
Barbara Bellar, MD, JD
Stephen G. Bennett, MD
Jon Beran, MD
David Berdy, MD
Asmamaw Beyene, MD
Corinne Blum, MD
Katina Bonaparte, MD, MPH, CCCP
Boguslaw Bonczak, MD
Christopher Brenner, MD
William Briner, MD
Matthew Brown, MD
Suzanne Carlberg-Racich, PhD
Sangili Chandran, MD
Milton Chavez, MD
Brian Chicoine, MD
Henry Cordero, MD
Charles Crotteau, MD
Andre DeJean, MD
Jose Elizondo, MD
Michael Fisher, MD
Luvianca Fonseca, MD
Luis Garcia, MD
Melvin Glick, MD
Martin Gonzalez, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Judy Gordon, MD, MPH
Diana Grant, MD
Glen Grobe, MD
Dean Grove, MD, MPH
Maurice Guzman, MD
Michael Hanak, MD
Benjamin Hasan, MD
Edward Hernaez, MD
Michal Hytros, MD
Beth-Anne Jacob, PhD
Michael Jutovsky, MD
Kent Kamradt, MD
Fred Karlin, MD
Jaya Kasturi, MD
Humaira Khan, MD
Roy Lacey, MD
Michael Ladewski, DO
Joseph Laluya, DO
Irene Lesniak, MD
Alex Lima, MD
Esther Liu, MD
Benjamin Lo, MD
Georgia Lubben, MD
Brian Lynch, MD
Katarzyna Malecka, MD
Michael Melnick, MD
Ramiro Mercado, MD
S. Alicia Milan-Flanigan, MD
Robert Moss, MD
Kami Mullings, MD
Chiedu Nchekwube, MD
Obidike Nwakudu, MD
Jacqueline Olivo, MD
Nigam Patel, MD
Kenneth Pierini, MD, MS
Catherine Plonka, MD
Albert Poronsky, DO
Fred Richardson, MD
Stephen Rittman, MD
Rebecca Rodriguez, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Lizbet Ronning, MD
Mario Rosas, MD
Oscar Ruiz, MD
Jorge Saad, MD, MPH
Latifah Sabree, MD
John Sage, MD
T. Eric Schackow, MD, PhD
Daniel Shin, MD
Joel Shoolin, MD
James Skomurski, MD
Jack Spaniol, MD
Stephen Sproul, MD
Bruce Steffens, MD
Audrey Stillerman, MD
Rishi Sud, MD
Srinivas Surabhi, MD
Gabriella Temneanu, MD
Rafael Vargas-Zapata, MD
Thomas Waidzunas, MD
Bruce Weber, MD
Lise Weisberger, MD
Clinical Instructor
Anastasia Gianakakos, MD
Debra Haley, PhD
Jessica Haloskie, MD
Dragomir Jovanovic, MD
Marina Khusid, MD, ND, MS
Joshua Merok, MD
Haroon Olomi, MD
Leon Que, MD
Vineet Singla, DO
John Tenhundfeld, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
of Psychology
Steven Zuckerman, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry
Rodney Eiger, MD
Lecturer
James Arons, DO
Crystal Cash, MD
Frank Castillo, MD, MA
Margaret Dolan, MD
Mark Drexler, MD
Charles Edoigiawerie, MD, MPH
Yacob Gawo, MD, MRCP
Mandy Gittler, MD
Stuart Goldman, MD
Judith Gravdal, MD
Pauline Harding, MD, LDN
Mirza Jesani, DO,
Mark Kanaris, MD
Greg Kirschner, MD
Mark Macumber, MD
Jessica McIntyre, MD
Paul Omastiak, MD
Steven Rube, MD
Martin Shobris, MD,PhD,CMD
Stephen Stabile, MD, MHA
Gary Stuck, MD
Sajjini Thomas, MD
Robert Zitter, Ph.D.
Adjunct Clinical Assistant
Professor of Law
Cherilyn Murer, JD, CRA
Adjunct Associate Professor
of Family Medicine
Ibrahim Bani, MD
Clinical Professor
of Orthopaedics and Sports
Medicine
Mark Hutchinson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
of Orthopaedics and Sports
Medicine
Terry Nicola, MD, MS

Family Medicine Newsletter
Patrick Tranmer,
MD, MPH (left)
was appointed Interim
Associate
Dean for Clinical
Affairs on July 16,
2011.
Richard Stringham, MD (left)
was awarded the 2011-2012
Teaching Recognition Award by
the UIC Council for Excellence
in Teaching and Learning.
Memoona Hasnain, MD,
MHPE, PhD (left) has been
elected to serve on the Board of
Directors for the South Asian
Public Health Association
(SAPHA).
Congratulations
Congratulations!
Congratulations
Abbas Hyderi,
MD, MPH (right)
has been appointed
Interim
Associate Dean
for Curriculum as
of January 16,
2012.
Samuel Grief, MD (right) was
named as one of the Top Doctors
in Obesity;
weight management;
nutrition
on the January
2012 edition of
the Chicago
Magazine.
Announcements
Giving to the DFM
The Department of Family Medicine is
grateful for all those who have contributed
to DFM gift funds throughout the
year. Gift funds are extraordinary valuable
in that they enrich the department
by investing in new technology, resources
for research projects, and the overall education of
residents and medical students in Family Medicine. We
invite you to consider a gift to the Department of Family
Medicine! For more information and instructions on how
you can give to the DFM, please visit our website at:
http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/
departments___programs/departments/fammed/
giving_to_the_dfm/
Drs. Figueroa, Hasnain and Hyderi, and Ben
Goold, Ryan Carr, PatriciaChico, Linday Martin,
Beth-Anne Jacob, Dr. Ricardo Rivero,
Suzanne Carlberg-Rachich, Barbara Schechtman,
family and friends all participated in the
“AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s AIDS Run
and Walk Fundraiser” held on October 1,
2011. Together they raised a total of $5,468.

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DFM 2011 Holiday Festivities
DFM DFM 2011 2011 Holiday Holiday Party
Party
DFM NEWSLETTER STAFF
Special thanks to Rosalba Angulo, Project Coordinator, Admin., DFM faculty and staff for their contributions to this newsletter. Please
direct questions and comments to Meg Oberholtzer at holtzer@uic.edu.